Performance MBP 15" late 2011 vs rMBP 15" 2013

Hi,
I own a MBP 15" i7 quad core late 2011. It has got 8GB RAM and I added an extra SSD to replace my optical drive. So it now has got an SSD and a SATA, which is a very good combination now.
Because the logic board has been broken due to the GPU failure, I have to pay more than $700 to replace it. Since many people is encountering the same problem and apple refuses to acknowledge the issue, they won't repair it under warranty. For that, I'm afraid that after the replacement the failure would accur again because I already replaced the logic board last year.
So, maybe I was thinking of buying the rMBP 15" but it costs a lot of money, approx $2600. How much difference will this rMBP perform compared to my model? I'm not willing to pay so much money for a marginal extra performance. Retina is cool but not necessary.

I'm not sure, but in my early '11 MPB 13" the stock hard drive was made by Hitachi (it is a 320gb 5400 rpm).

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I have MBP 13 late 2011:Will it be able to support a 3tb hardisk?Secondly, if i delete a song from itunes,is that song removed from the mac and is the space freed up?If not then what should I do to free up space when i delete songs from itunes?

I have MBP 13 late 2011:
Will it be able to support a 3tb hardisk?
Secondly, if i delete a song from itunes,is that song removed from the mac and is the space freed up?If not then what should I do to free up space when i delete songs from itunes?

Your MBP will support a 3T HDD provided it is formatted correctly and has sufficient power. Most large HDDs require an outboard power source.
When you delete songs from iTunes you will get a message if you want to send it to trash. If you send it to trash, space will be freed up only when you empty trash. An individual song does not consume much space so if your HDD is becoming full, more drastic action s should be considered, such as moving an entire file to an external HDD.
Ciao.

Windows 8.1 for MBP 13" late 2011 BootCamp

Hi guys i have a MBP 13" late 2011 and I am installing windows 8.1 using bootcamp from an usb. I have reached the Install Windows part on EFI device ( the yellow usb). It is the part when i have to choose partition (1-4). Partition 1 is the Macintosh HD and partition 4 is the bootcamp. When i was about to choose the partition 4 it said that it can't be chosen because of windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space because. Can anyone help me? Thank you very much before.

Hey Timothyrg,
Long story short, if your computer doesn't meet the requirements, it doesn't meet the requirements. There are some Thunderbolt -> PCI X boxes that can run almost any GPU. However, in OS X, a Thunderbolt Aware driver for the graphics card is necessary for these to work. This is a limitation of the OS, not the hardware.
As to what a GPU is, it stands for "Graphics Processing Unit." This is a chip that's designed to manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images. The better the GPU, the higher the FPS/details that can be loaded at once.
tldr;
If your system doesn't meet the requirements due to graphics card limitations, it doesn't meet the requirements. You can't open your MBP up and throw in a new GFx card. If it's RAM limitations, that's fudgeable a little bit. If it's processor (CPU), you're in the same boat as you were with the GFx card.
Regards,
Gnomish8

Can I use RAM from MBP 15 late 2011 to MBP 13 mid 2012

Hi All,
I presently have an MBP 15 late 2011 (running at 4GB RAM) - which I feel is very slow. Had been reading a lot of discussion threads and most viable solution seems to be to upgrade my RAM - found it in Crucial.com (8gb x 2 kit).
I have another MBP 13 mid 2012 (running at 2GB RAM). I was wondering if I can transfer my 4GB RAM from my MBP 15 to my MBP 13.
Will there be any compatibility issues? Will this work?
Can anyone advise please?
Thanks.

Macs can be very Fussy about RAM...
You can use these Links to check which RAM is suitable for your Mac...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
http://www.crucial.com
It is Important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
Those sites also have videos on how to Install RAM should you need it....

Random BSODs disappear when I uninstall BootCamp on MBP 13" late 2011, w7 x64

Hi, I am wondering if there are faulty drivers in the latest version of BootCamp 4.0 (downloaded on 29.05.2012).
I have MBP 13", late 2011 (MBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646, 24/01/2012), and have installed on it Windows7 Ultimate SP1 x64 using BootCamp. Prior to unistalling BootCamp software, MBP was randomly freezing under Windows7 with a clumsy display. It was logging nothing to the dump files. I have run several times driver verifier and all the times recieved c2 BSOD until I unistalled BootCamp!!! (I can post the dump files if needed.) After that, although I have no access to special features of keyboard and trackpad, I have no problems in Windows and MBP runs fine under driver verifier's stress tests.
An interesting observation that I can make is that without BootCamp CPU cooler seems to be noisier.
Vjerb

Get out a pencil and paper. Open the dictionary.
Your computer came with instructions and booklet.
http://www.apple.com/support/my_mac_computer_model
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
http://www.apple.com/support/
ie, look up the manual for your macbookpro model

MBP 15 (late 2011) Harddrive 750gb/7200rpm

Hello,
does anybody know wich brand/model (750gb/7200rpm) of harddrive is used in MBP 15" (late 2011).
Especially, I would be interested if the the 750gb/7200rpm HD is much noisier than the 500gb/5400rpm?
Thanks in advance!

I'm not sure, but in my early '11 MPB 13" the stock hard drive was made by Hitachi (it is a 320gb 5400 rpm).

Yosemite performance on MBP 13" Late 2011 4GB RAM ?

Hello everyone,
I have a Mac Book Pro 13" Late 2011 with Mavericks and 4gb of RAM. I was wondering if anyone had the same system specs and had upgraded to Yosemite in order to know how it was running on their system ? Is it smooth ? The official requirements state 2gb of RAM but I'm really skeptical towards this.
Thanks for your input. Cheers !

I have the early 2011 MBP, 8 GB RAM, and I put a SSD in it (Samsung). I do some processor and memory intensive things, like audio recording and video editing, and I was not pleased with the performance in Mavericks until I put the SSD in.
I think it will depend on what you are doing with your Mac. 4 GB of RAM is probably enough to check your email with, but not if you are doing more creative work. Unless you like to see the pretty spinning beachball.
Regarding Adi's somewhat ranty note above, the usual cause for poorly performing Macs with OS X is crapware, like CleanMyMac, MacKeeper, or third-party anti-virus software, and having 57 startup processes active along with Parallels or VMWare, and expecting it all to run with 4 gigs of RAM.
Back to smashr: you can test drive Yosemite. If you make a Time Machine backup of your Mavericks installation, then you can easily go back to it if you don't like Yosemite. Alternatively, you can make a test partition on your HD and put Yosemite there.

Gaming Performance Increase from Late 2011 MBP to 11 or 13 MBA 2013?

I have a Late 2011 MBP 13,upgraded with 256 GB SSD and 6 GB RAM.
I play mostly CS:S, SC2, WoW, D3 and that's about it.
I would like to be able to move into SimCity (After Aug 29 Launch Obviously), and perhaps DCUO and The Old Republic (VIA BootCamp)
Would I see a nice jump with the haswell chips in the MBA 2013 model?
If so I might jump, if not I am ok here right now, running wow at low with 30+ FPS.
Just curious, thanks for the advice!

The Late 2011 13-inch MacBook Pro has got an Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU, and the Mid 2013 13-inch MacBook Air has got an Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU.
The MacBook Air will work better with graphic tasks, but both of them are not ready for heavy use.
If you want to play games like those ones, the best thing you can do is to get a 15-inch MacBook Pro, which includes a quad-core processor and a NVIDIA GPU which will work correctly. The difference will be very big compared to the Mid 2013 MacBook Air.
Also, the MacBook Air is not ready for games. It overheats quickly, and high temperatures damage it. If you get the MacBook Air, don't set high values in games, and make sure that the games you want to play support integrated graphic cards

MBP 13 Late 2011 Battery not reach until 7 hours

I just bought new MBP last week and when I charge it, only stand until 5 hours.. why this happen? is there any tips to make it can be used until 7 hours? my bluetooth's off and brightness is low but still just 5 hours.. i afraid that my MBP's battery is weaker from start.hope you guys can help me. thanks.

i have the same problem with my macbook pro 13" i5 2.4ghz. got it last black friday. earlier today, the battery capacity was at 98% but now, its down to 95%. should i be concerned?
aside from this, the only battery heavy application that i use would have to be online video streaming, with this, my battery could work without power for around 3hrs on very low screen light. huhuh i asked my friends with older MBP models (early 2011/late 2010) and she said, her laptop could go on for 7-8 hours with the same or similar programs but on full screen light.

Display problem (washed out) on MBP 13" late 2011

I have a Macbook Pro 13" unibody late 2011, i 5 (bought it at 1200 usd). Since last year I have been experiencing an over heating issue and noisy machine or fan (I cant distinguish clearly), even sometimes the machine still works and makes noisy sound when there's no running application. I am a student and not using my MBP to do professional work, such as video processing, playing videogame, or any heavy task. What I usually do are writing using Office, listening music and sometimes watching movie. Yet, a week ago my screen suddenly got washed out, like it was faded to white. I brought it to apple asp and they told me that I need to replace my Display (400 usd) and logic board (700 usd). It's totally crazy how in just 2,5 years I need to replace the units that cost me as much as a new MBP!! I bought Apple product bcause of its durability and quality, therefore this news is surely unacceptable esp when I know that I dont use my computer excessively. I tried to search the core issue and found that the 2011 MBP 15" and 17" has problem with its Graphic display and some of the users got a free logic board replacement. However, I was rare to see this goes also to MBP 13"? I really need a suggestion on this issue. Do you guys think that my problem is the same case with the 15" and 17"? And what should I do with this laptop?
Apple is truly disappoint me. Even a cheaper laptop can last more than 3 years..

mirapple6611,
The GPU problems with the 2011 models only show up in the 15" and 17" models, so you've not the same problem that some of us have had.
A new screen and a logic board replacement would be pretty expensive, I'm guessing? I've no idea why they would suggest a logic board replacement if your machine displays fine on other screens. A logic board replacement just doesn't make sense if that's the case.
If I were you, I'd get a 'second opinion' from another AASP. Won't hurt and may save you some money in the end.
Clinton

3 BEEPS AT STARTUP (MBP 13' late 2011) new hard drive

HI, I need some help I have changed the hard drive myself of MacBook Pro (the hard drive died after 3 years of intense use)
(I have a mac book pro 13' from late 2011- 8go ram, 500go hard drive, and i5 double core)
So, I have now my new clean hard drive inside the baby, and I turn it on, and load the CD of OS X SNOW LEOPARD bought on Apple s website)
http://imgur.com/ZaAymMr
Here I have the white screen. I click on the cd icon, and the BEEP BEEP BEEP .... BEEP BEEP BEEP .. And so on, so I force it to turn off.
WHATS GOING ON??? I've heard that it's a ram issue, I removed it and placed it back up and there is still the issue...
I you have any idea how to fix that pls tell me, thanks

3 tones at startup is usually an indicator of a RAM issue:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202768
Paulinnn wrote:
So, I have now my new clean hard drive inside the baby, and I turn it on, and load the CD of OS X SNOW LEOPARD bought on Apple s website)
If you are using the White retail Snow Leopard disk to install that OSX, it will not work. I have a late 2011 MBP and that disk and I have tried to do that thus I speak from experience. (There is a way to install Snow Leopard but not that way).
The proper way to install the original OSX is to boot the MBP with the OPTION + COMMAND + R keys and follow the instructions. This will require a solid Internet connection. (This should install Lion)
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4718
Ciao.

New 60w power adaptor won't work on MBP 13 late 2011?

I recently bought a new 60w power adaptor from the Apple Store to charge my late 2011 MBP 13. It seems to allow the MBP to run but won't charge the battery, LED light doesn't come on at all. If I plug the new charger into my 2010 Macbook it does charge and LED works as normal. If I then plug it back into the MBP the orange light will stay on for about 30 seconds then turn off, no green at the start as usual. Apple Support says I've bought the correct charger, is it a dud? What's going on?

Correct, it is not MagSafe 2. I used the new charger this morning to charge an older Mac, then plugged it in again to my MBP and it worked normally. I charged the computer fully and unplugged it. After an hour of use I plugged it in again and got nothing from the new charger as before. The computer does respond to an older MagSafe charger, still L shaped and 60w and the new charger does work normally with two older MacBooks. Should I have bought a MagSafe2? Info is posted below. Thanks, Bill

Upgrades for Faster Performance Macbook Pro Late 2011?

Hey!
I'm a pro photographer and amateur - entry level video editor. I do lots of photoshop and lightroom works and lately I've been doing lots of Final Cut Prox stuff as well. Basically, i handle lots of media, which is probably the worst scenario for having low budget for equipment.
Anyways, I have a Late 2011 Macbook Pro with 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 processor. 4GB Ram (2x2GB). Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB running OS X 10.9.5.
I was so excited to get a new system because my macbook wasn't running softwares as smoothly as I needed them (srsly, 4gb is not good for anything on this business) so after a bunch of research I created a nice custom pc and ordered all the parts. My main idea was to create a beast custom pc and selling my mbpro to have a mb air which was portable and in which i could do all my university and low-end stuff that didnt require much work. Just minutes after that I thought about upgrading my macbook pro, but i was so hooked on the fact that the first time i bought this macbook the store guy was all like "you can't upgrade anything on this model" and i just never thought about it until now. Then, i now realise that i could actually upgrade to 8GB (16gb NOT according to apple but according to other forums and Crucial's site) and I can boost the HDD to 1TB or get a 500GB SSD.
So, I was wondering a few things. I was also planning on selling my mbpro because the weight is a pain sometimes (carrying on my backpack all day and such) but i think i could deal with that... idk. Also, I spent a lot of money that i could use for more important stuff on the custom pc.. I was thinking maybe on getting all those parts (can't send them back now) and selling them as new, which they are, i could get back allt he money i spent and a little bit more and spend part of it upgrading my macbookpro but, will that setup be good for amateur.ish-entry level media work? I repeat, i use lots of lightroom ,photoshop and fcprox and planning to use Lightworks (if it runs).
Can i really upgrade to up to 16GB? will that cause any issues or is it safe to go for 8GB? what about 12GB?. Is the GPU gonna be an issue? Can i upgrade to both an HDD AND an SSD on this system or i can only use one of the two? Also, i just read someone saying that they took out the optical drive to put in the HDD and replace the HDD slot with the SSD so they have the 2 drives. IS that possible?? Any pro advice is appreciated.
Any tips and considerations would be nice
Thanks.

Can you upgrade to 16GB of RAM? Yes. Apple does not support this, but it can be done successfully and it does work. Do you need 16GB or RAM? Not necessary. More than likely 8GB will do the job.
Is the GPU going to be an issue? No.
Can you upgrade to both a HDD and SSD? Yes. You already have an HDD or Hard Disk Drive installed. That is your traditional 5400 RPM hard drive. Take a look at this option if you can give up having an internal super drive (disk drive): http://www.macworld.com/article/2082572/advice-from-an-apple-tech-how-to-replace -the-optical-drive-in-a-unibody-macbook-pro-with-a-second-h.html It allows you to have two different hard drives in your Mac at one time. You can install a second drive where the super drive is located after it is removed.

[Solved] MBP 13" Late 2011 - Dual booting

Hello,
Just had a question regarding making arch bootable on my system for dual booting. I've been looking all over the wiki and the internet for answer but I'm hvaing trouble figuring out exactly what I need to do because of conflincting information and outdated articles.
I've looked at grub, but that appears to be substituting the apple bootloader,which I don't want to do, and rEFInd I wasn't sure about either as I've read it's had issues with Yosemite.
Ideally I'd like to be able to boot Arch exactly like the Live CD, where I can boot to Arch from apple's menu by holding the option key and then booting to OSX if I don't do anything, that way I hopefully don't have to edit any of my Mac's partitions.
What would I need to do to be able to get it setup like I described (what I need to install and if I need to make boot partition, etc)?
Thanks.
Macbook Pro
Yosemite 10.10.2
13" Late 2011
2.8 GHz Core i7
750 GB HD
8GB Ram (upgraded)
Intel Graphics 3000
Update: I was able to figure out after even more digging around, for any of those wanting to know how I did it:
What I did was created another EFI partition (so I did not need to edit the Mac one) and then installed gummiboot to the ESP I just created. Works just as I described. I am able to select it by holding the ALT key. The only thing that needed to be fixed after installing was opening OSX and changing the default startup disk, otherwise it appeared to boot to the Linux EFI by default.
Last edited by Jordanss10 (2015-04-08 16:01:18)

Thank you, you're right... they do not restrict, but disencourage users from upgrading their machines to the state they want...
I do not think Apple testing labs have a lack of resources nor lack of time to do more testings...
Don't get me wrong, I'm an Apple fan, but if they know that 16 GB RAM works fine, why not update web server pages?

How to Delete Temp files and Cache on MBP 15" Late 2011

Hi,
Off late i am experiencing a lag in my mac and it runs bit slowly. Wanted to get a clear picture on how to clear the unwanted temp files and cache to make my mac run smoothly. Any other suggestions to make it run fast are welcome and would be of great help.
Regards,

The assumption that unwanted temp files and cache are causing poor performance is unjustified. OS X does not maintain unwanted cache files. They exist to increase performance and are updated or deleted as necessary. So are temporary files. Certain font cache files are moved to the Trash during Safe Boot: OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support. Do not use any other utility.
If your Mac is running slowly, determine if the same symptoms occur in Safe Mode.
Back up your Mac if you have not done so already. To learn how to use Time Machine read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support.

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